The Watney Streeters

One of the more notorious of these gangs was the Watney Street Gang, which mainly consisted of dockers and was based around the Poplar and Shadwell areas south of Whitechapel; in the same area were well-established Maltese gangs who controlled much of the prostitution. With their reputation building, the Krays would be forced to step up to challenges, the result being confrontations that would become the stuff of legend.